Barbel-press



E. A. McGLATHERY.

BARREL PRESS.

- APPLICATION man SEPT-4. 1918.

1,310,357. Patented July 15, 1919.

"ing' in size misha s-bathe barrel bottonit- EDGAR A. MCGLATHERY, 01E WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA.

BARREL-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJuly 15, 1919.

Application filed September 4, 1918. Serial No. 252,597.

To all whom it may concern:

tain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Presses; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to barrel presses and more particularly to a press used for heading barrels in packing fruit and for similar purposes.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a press of the character stated of simple construction and operation which may be produced'at relatively small cost.

A further object is to provide a press which may be operated by hand, the various elements of which are so related as to permit the press to beoperated very-easily and quickly so as to greatly facilitate the pack-' ing operation of fruit.

A further object is to provide a press in which the press head and associated parts may be readily rocked into such position as to permit'ready removal of a barrel from beneath the press, or placing of the barrel into position to be headed thereby.

Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of a press constructed in accordance with my invention showing a barrel in positionto be headed.

Fig. 2 is a side view, the barrel being omitted.

Fig. 3 is a detail of the mountings for one of the standards.

Fig. 4 is a detail of the spring catch for holding the operating lever in raised position.

Fig. 5 is a detail of the mounting of the operating lever, the lever being considered as in lowered position.

Fig. 6 is a section taken substantially on line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

,In constructing my press I provide a suitable floor or supporting structure 1 at the central portion of the upper face of which is secured a disk 2 which is adapted to fit snugly against the under face of the bottom of the barrel 13, this disk correspond- Spaced supporting brackets 3 of substantial U-shape are secured to base 1 at each side of the bottom disk 2 and equidistant therefrom, these brackets being disposed diametrically of the disk. Each bracket 3 is provided with an integral base plate 4 which is secured to the supporting base 1, and one arm 4? of this bracket is extended and provided with an integral finger 5 disposed at a right angle thereto and having its outer portion curved into arcuate' shape as at 5 to fit about and provide a rest for a tubular standard 6*which is pivotally secured adjacent its lower end by a bolt 7 between the arms 4 and 4 of bracket 3. The other arm .9 of the bracket is provided with an integral finger 5 extending at a. right anglethereto oppositely to finger 5 and havingits outer portion curved to fit about the standard 6. When the standard is in vertical position, itwill engage the curved portion of finger 5 so as to haveits movement about bolt 7 in this direction positively limited, the fingerthus acting as a stop member to insure movement of the standard into proper vertical position.

The two standards 6, as will be noted, are mounted for rocking movement in either direction about a common axis extending diametrically of the bottom disk 2. Each standard is provided, at its upper end, with a connecting member 8 secured thereon, and the forward and rearward faces of these members, as consideredfrom the direction of movement of the standards about their common axis, are flattened to receive the lower end portions of spaced upwardly converging frame bars9 secured thereto. The

upper ends of these bars are secured to a spacing block 10 which is centrally apertured to receive an upright 12 slidable there- 'through. The lower end of this upright is rigidly secured to a cross beam '13 which fits snugly between the spaced bars 9 so as to be guided thereby. This cross beam is provided, at each end, with a recess or socket in which is secured the upper end of a tubular guide rod 14: which fits snugly into the standard 6 for slidingmovement therein.

'A press head 15 is rigidly secured to cross beam '13. and depends centrally therefrom,

by means of a central bow member 16 of rigid construction secured tlghtly to the presshe'ad on the upper side thereof and to the beam, andby braces 17 also secured to the pressihea'd adjacent the *perlpher'ythere of and to the beam. The press head 15, as will be noted, is in alinement with bottom disk 2 when the uprights 6 are in vertical position, and this press head is adapted to engage the head of the barrel B so as to force the same tightly into position and maintain it in correct position while the hoops are secured about the upper end of the barrel.

An operating lever 18 is rockably mounted on the upright 12 intermediate the ends thereof by means of a split bearing roller 19 inserted through a slot 20 in the upright and extending longitudinally thereof and through an alined opening in the lever, a securing bolt 21 being passed through the roller so as to hold the sections thereof in proper relation. This lever is provided, at its pivoted end, with an enlarged head 22. This head carries two eccentric pins 23 and 24 positioned at opposite sides of bolt 21. Pin

24 serves to pi'votally secure the upper end of a link 27 to the head, the lower end ofv this link being pivotally secured, as at 26, to the cross beam 13. Pin 23 serves to similarly secure the lower end of a link 25 to the head, the upper end of this link being pivotally secured to the block 10, as at 28. The head 22 and the links cooperate to produce a toggle construction by means of which great pressure may be exerted upon the cross beam 13, and consequently the press head 15, by rocking the lever 18 downwardly about its axis. By this means, the press head may be quickly and easily moved into operative position by grasping the lever and rocking it downwardly, the head acting to properly center the head of the barrel due to its rigid support and straight vertical movement, as it is in direct alinement with the bottom of the barrel when the press is in operative position. This insures that the barrel head will be forced into proper position in the barrelsimultaneously with the pressing of the fruit thus doing away with loss of time in cei'itering the head, such as is frequently encountered in using presses of ordinary construction.

To prevent upward movement of the press head during the packing or pressing operation, I provide an angular gravity locking pawl 29 which is pivotally mounted at its angle on an ear 30 depending from the under face of block 10, one of these pawls being positioned adjacent each side of the upright 12. As will be noted, the inner arm of pawl 29 is inclined downwardly and inwardly, and the inner end of this arm engages the lateral face of the upright which may be toothed or serrated for this purpose so that the two pawls thus effectually lock the presser head against reverse movement.

Each of the pawls 29 is provided, at the lower end of its outer arm, with a weight member 31 which serves to hold. the pawl in operative position. When it is desired to raise the presser head, the outer end of one of the pawls may be raised and the operating lever rocked upwardly thus returning the press head to inoperative position. WVhen in its uppermost or inoperative position, the lever is engaged by a tapered plunger head 32 operative through an opening through one of the frame bars 9 adjacent the lever, this plunger head being forced inwardly by an expansion coil spring mounted about the reduced stem 33 and confined between the bar 9 and a retaining bracket 34c secured on the outer face thereof, the stem of the plunger being slidable through this bracket. The plunger acts to normally hold the lever in raised position while permitting it to be readily moved downwardly by exerting a comparatively slight pull thereon.

In using my press, the barrel is placed upon the bottom disk 2 as illustrated, the uprights or standards 6 and associated parts being rocked rearwardly so as to be supported by the rest 5 in such position as to permit easy placing of the barrel in a proper position between the uprights. After the barrel has been thus located, the standards are rocked forwardly into engagement with the fingers 5 so asto be in a substantially vertical position, the lever being then pulled downwardly so as to bring the presser head into engagement with the head of the barrel in the manner above specified. This forces the barrel head downwardly into proper position, after which the hoops may be readily secured about the upper end of the barrel, the lever being then raised into inoperative position and the standard and associated parts rocked rearwardly so as to permit the barrel which has been headed to be removed and replaced by a second barrel to be headed. This operation may be performed very quickly thus acomplishing a material saving of time which is of extreme importance in this industry where a relatively great number of barrels have to be packed and headed in a comparatively short time.

What I claim is:

1. In a packing press, a supporting structure, standards pivotally secured adjacent their lower ends to said structure for rocking movement about a common axis extending transversely of said structure, said standards being of tubular construction, guide rods fitting snugly in said standards for vertical movement therein, a cross beam connecting the upper ends of said guide rods, a press head depending from said cross beam and rigidly secured thereto, and means carried by the standards and connected to said cross beam for exerting downward pressure upon the beam so as to force the press head into engagement with the head of a barrel placed beneath. the same upon said supporting structure.

2. In a packing press, a supporting structure, standards pivotally secured thereto adjacent their lower ends for rocking movement about a common axis extending transversely of said structure, said standards being of tubular construction, guide rods fitting snugly in the standards and slidable therein for vertical movement, a cross beam connecting the upper ends of said rods, a presshead carried by said beam and rigidly secured thereto, frame bars secured to said standards and projecting upwardly therefrom, a guide block connecting the upper ends of said bars and provided with a central aperture, an upright projecting from the central portion of said cross beam and slidable through the'block for guiding the beam during vertical movement, and toggle lever means supported by said block and connected to the beam for exerting downward pressure on said beam so as to force the press head carried thereby into engagement with the head of a barrel positioned therebeneath.

3. In a packing press, a supporting structure, a bottom disk secured on the upper face of said structure, supporting standards pivotally secured adjacent their lower ends to the supporting structure for rocking movement about a common axis extending diametrically of the bottom disk, said standards bein of tubular construction, guide rods slida ly mounted in the standards for vertical movement therein, a cross beam connecting the upper ends of said rods, a press head rigidly secured to said cross beam and depending therefrom and so positioned on the cross 'beam as to be in alinement with I said bottom disk when the standards are in vertical position, upwardly converging frame bars secured at their lower ends to the standards, a centrally apertured block secured between the upper ends of said bars, an upright projecting from the cross beam at the center thereof and slidable through said slot so as to guide the beam during vertical movement, said upright being provided with a longitudinally extending slot, an operating lever provided at its lower end with an enlarged head, a supporting member for said lever secured through the central portion of the head thereof and inserted through said slot so as to permit rocking of the lever and independent vertical movement of the upright, and upper and lower links eccentrically connected to the head of the lever at opposite sides of the axis thereof at their lower and upper ends, respectively, said levers being pivotally secured to the block and to the cross Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Iatents,

beam at their 11 per and lower ends, respectively, Where y when the operating lever is rocked downwardly about its axis, the press head will be forced downwardly into engagement with the head of a barrel resting upon said bottom disk so as to be pressed thereby.

4. In a packing press, a supporting structure, a bottom disk secured on the upper face of said structure, supporting standards pivotally secured adjacent their lower ends to the supporting structure for rocking movement about a common axis extending diametrically of the bottom disk, said standards being of tubular construction, guide rods slidably mounted in the standards for vertical movement therein, a cross beam connecting the upper ends of said rods, a press head rigidly secured to said cross beam and depending therefrom and so positioned on the cross beam as to be in alinement with said bottom disk when the standards are in vertical position, upwardly converging frame bars secured at their lower ends to the standards, a centrally apertured block secured between the upper ends of said bars, an upright projecting from the cross beam at the center thereof and slidable through said slot so as to guide the beam during vertical movement, said upright being provided with a longitudinally extending slot, an operating lever provided at its lower end with an enlarged head, a supporting member for said lever secured through the central portion of the head thereof and inserted through said slot so as to permit rocking of the lever and independent vertical movement of the upright, upper and lower links eccentrically connected to the head of the lever at opposide sides of the axis thereof at their lower and upper ends, respectively, said levers being pivotally secured to the block and to the cross beam at their upper and lower ends, respectively, whereby when the operating lever is rocked downwardly about its axis, the press head will be forced downwardly into engagement with the head of a barrel restin upon said bottom disk so as to be pressed thereby, and means engaging said upright for releasably securing the same against upward movement so as to hold the press head in depressed position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR A. MGGLATHERY.

Witnesses:

GEORGE WM. LIND, HARRY MILLER SARTELLE.

Washington, D. 0. 

